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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1466700, member: 31533&quot;]My most recent win on ebay was when I bid a few days ahead of it ending, and I put the most I was comfortable spending for the coin. I knew there could be a chance I could lose it, but I really didn&#039;t want to pay higher. Nor did I want to get into a bidding war or perhaps decide at the last minute to override my thoughts as to what price I would pay, so I bid early and not at the last few minutes ( I could have chosen to get on line then and watch the auction or to use sniping services).</p><p><br /></p><p>What happened is that there were 9 valid bids (actually 10, but that one was retracted - my guess is that it wasn&#039;t so much a &quot;wrong amount entered&quot; but the bidder found out it outed my high bid and the bidder didn&#039;t want to pay that much. He bid at 5 min prior, and retracted a minute later). I did win, and the valid bidder at the last minute did not bid high enough to win it. So I got the coin for a dollar more than that bidder put in --- and about 4 bucks less than the bid I placed. Perhaps that other bidder now thinks he/she should have bid a little higher, but that is what anyone who doesn&#039;t bid high enough to win can feel if they are not comfortable with the bid they place. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t care if the high bid is placed 6 days prior to the ending time or 1 second before. When the bidding ends, it doesn&#039;t matter when the bid was placed. The only effect it might have is to either disturb people who bid early and were willing to bid more (attributing the timing of the bid to some sort of &quot;unfairness&quot;) but couldn&#039;t because of sniping, or to possibly cause someone to either believe they have to snipe to get a deal or to pay more because people do look at the history. I personally believe that if ebay went to an all sniping system (where all bids were never seen on the item until the end), some people would still be upset that they didn&#039;t get the deal they expected to.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]184025.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Try looking at life from the dog&#039;s point of view. You will never see things are unfair. They just exist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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